Rifle

So I finally got to do some shooting the other day and I began to wonder about the design of the rifle I was shooting. Other than the inner workings the overall design of the rifle hasn’t changed since its first appearance in the late 1700s. The musket has been with us for longer but rifles didn’t appear until later. The Design consists of a long pip set in a stock with a trigger set behind a firing chamber and a butt plate on the end of the stock. I wondered if there were any changes ever going to be made too this design is there any way we could improve it. So I went off to Google once again. I found many newer designs that although follow many of the same principle have one very distinct difference. The firing chamber on the new rifle designs is set behind the trigger instead of in front. This might seem a minor change but it in reality makes a huge difference. By having the trigger in front of the firing chamber the recoil of the gun is directed straight back into your shoulder making it much easier to handle. Funny how just moving something can make such a huge difference.